Board of Trustees Report to the Constituencies 1997 International affairs While on a mission elective, medical students pose with Scheer Memorial Hospital staff in Nepal. 1997-98 academic year highlights China: Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in Hangzhou continues to be an University-wide effort. The School of Public Health is active in health professional workshops throughout the Peopleâs Republic of China. The School of Allied Health Professions collaborates with West China University of Medical Sciences in Chengdu, and the School of Nursing conducts workshops in Beijing. Ethiopia: A School of Public Health volunteer group of 28 went to Gimbie Mission Hospital to help revitalize the hospital. India: The long-term relationship with Manipal Academy of Higher Education continues. Exchange programs are an essential part of the program, as well as LLU advisory and consultation roles. The School of Public Health has conducted several courses in various parts of India. Iran: Representatives from the School of Medicine and the Adventist Church returned to Tehran as a follow-up visit from the initial effort three-and-a-half years ago. An exchange program in medicine should begin in autumn, 1998. Saudi Arabia: The School of Allied Health Professions continues to operate a respiratory program in Riyadh. Thirty-three students have graduated from this program. The School of Medicine continues to advise and consult for the Ministry of Defense and Aviation and several LLU physicians have gone there in that capacity. Vietnam: The School of Nursing continues its association with nursing education leaders in Vietnam, and assisting the government in reorganizing nursing education in that country. A group of physicians spent time assisting in a hospital in Vietnam. In October, B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, president, LLU, and Joan Coggin, MD, MPH, special assistant to the president for international affairs, met with Adventist world division presidents. The first International Nursing Educator Conference was held at LLU. Fifty educators attended from 20 countries representing 26 Adventist institutions. Fifty-eight School of Dentistry students went to eight different countries as part of their elective program. Twenty-three students from the School of Medicine completed overseas mission electives in nine countries.   University | Medical_Center | LLU&MC_home | Search_&_index | News_&_events | Employment | Contact | Our_mission All contents copyright © 2001 Loma Linda University. All rights reserved. Revised Wednesday, March 21, 2001 5:07 PM Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu URL: http: //www.llu.edu